There are some orange flags flying on the top of the city, which are the flags of the King of Northumbria.
The attacking Viking army also raised this flag, which was the Ross oar flag controlled by Rurik.
The army that attacked Edinburgh was indeed a Ross army in nature, because its commander was the de facto ruler of the Principality of Ross. In other words, this army, which is almost entirely composed of Balmoks and Shetlanders, should have exactly the same combat mode as the former Ross army.
But the real Russian army has been reborn under Rurik's personal training. How can its strong combat effectiveness be compared to that of a thousand Balmokh warriors?
As for the Northumbrians in front of him, Rurik saw this city that could be called a "bandit city" and was already doubting how many treasures there could be in it.
No!
They do have treasures!
Rurik squinted his eyes and suddenly saw a man with a pointed hat, even though the man was hiding behind the battlements and sneaking around. The man was holding up a shining golden cross with a strong metallic color, and the hat was clearly a "bishop's hat."
"How come a big shot doesn't stay in the monastery and come to the city to suppress the battle? Add a sacred buff to the defenders?"
Rurik has nothing to say, on the battlefield There is no need to say anything more about him.
A group of bow-wielders under his command gathered together to shoot arrows at the wooden city gate where the drawbridge was located.
A batch of bone-cluster arrows flew out, projecting with a higher density, giving the opponent a devastating attack.
How useful can arrow clusters made of bones be? It is also effective in hunting small game.
Rurik did not expect the strength of the Balmok archers at all. If he really wanted to suppress the enemies who were shooting arrows at the top of the city, he had to look at the crossbow.
The "crossbow shooting team" composed of Balmok explorers, elite mercenaries, and sailors of the Aurora who had stayed in Ross for a whole year, began the most precise strike.
The warriors of Northumbria were shot down one after another like birds on the branches.
No one in the city, including the Earl of Edinburgh, had ever seen it, let alone knew about the existence of the crossbow. At first they thought the opponent's bone arrows were too ridiculous. People tried their best to resist while being overwhelmed by the occupation, but a fatal blow came.
The defenders' archers gritted their teeth and hid, but the brave man Fener among them continued to shoot arrows, and the result was naturally fatal. Their integral cowhide armor can be broken with a single poke from the surface-hardened cone-shaped armor-piercing arrows.
The brave Bishop of Edinburgh, his hat always exposed his position, and the tall hat was directly knocked away by the arrow. The bishop, a bald middle-aged man, was shocked and hurriedly hugged the gold-plated and gem-set hat. The cross was lying on the wooden corridor at the top of the city. He no longer cared about its image. He covered the cross with his left hand, but kept making the sign of the cross with his right hand, and kept chanting prayers.
Pity his two young priest attendants...
Perhaps, these two people feel that the power of faith is infinite. Wearing gray robes, they held high the cross hanging on their chests, shouted sacred slogans and glared at the attacking barbarians.
But both of them were hit by multiple arrows and fell to the top of the city to their death.
Even an armor-piercing arrow fired from a crossbow hit the Earl of Edinburgh on his helmet.
Thanks to the hemispherical structure of the helmet, it objectively causes the arrow to bounce. The count's head was hit hard and he was knocked down. When the soldiers rushed to rescue him, he stood up staggeringly, holding his neck that was almost broken.
"Sir! Please retreat to the city. We will defend the city to the death." A soldier trembled.
The earl saw stars in his eyes and did not reply to the warrior who spoke. He then moved off the wall under the escort of others.
Unfortunately, the morale of the defenders was already on the verge of collapse.
A group of residents in the city are eager to escape through other city gates, but outside the huge city of Edinburgh, barbarians are everywhere looking at them. There are hungry wolves everywhere. Once the city gate is opened and the drawbridge is lowered, the civilians escaping from the city will be nothing more than a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. What's even more terrifying is that the barbarians will easily use the drawbridge to rush into the city, and everything will be over!
No matter what the defenders of Edinburgh thought, all preparations for Rurik's most proud ten-seat torsion slingshot were completed.
On the big ship, Biyongni truly saw the terrifying power of the torque slingshot. He never imagined that this device could also be used to attack the castle.
Rurik looked serious and pointed his sword at the suspension bridge: "Shoot me at the two corners of the suspension bridge!"
Biyongni was shocked: "Rurik, you Do you want the projectiles to break the chains of the suspension bridge? ”
“No! Biyongni, let your people aim at the place where the chains are fixed, and the bridge will fall down naturally.” p>The crossbowmen paused their suppression and transformed into torque slingshot shooters.
Changing the perspective of the Dingbao defenders, they saw even more bizarre instruments beginning to show their power.
Although the materials used to build the city walls are almost all pine wood, since the Edinburgh defenders consciously dug trenches, they naturally inherited some of the techniques of old Rome in making suspension bridges. The winch mechanism is inside the wooden wall, and it is difficult to damage the winch by external blows.
However, Rurik saw its fatal design flaw at a glance. In other words, when the Edinburgh garrison was building it, they never considered that the Picts had siege weapons other than battering rams (big logs). Such a suspension bridge system was incomprehensible to the Picts.
The cast iron projectiles began to hit the two corners of the suspension bridge heavily. The natural effect of the two impacts was poor, but the situation changed suddenly after multiple impacts.
With the precise shooting of the torque slingshot at close range, the suspension bridge collapsed in just two rounds.
Biyongni is like a raging bull. He roars: "Brothers! Charge me!"
There is no need for him to give orders. He has already paid attention.The Viking warriors who reached the shaky suspension bridge all moved closer.
The furious army stepped directly onto the suspension bridge and rushed under the wooden wall.
Even if there is still a wooden gate at the city gate, it is useless against the Vikings.
The long-handled Nordic forest ax specially built for felling giant trees began to show its power. Many strong men rushed to the front line with axes. They were covered with thick golden chest hair, tattooed with animal patterns, and waved big weapons. The ax directly and violently demolished them, and their chest hair was shiny with sweat in a moment.
In order to cover these "special engineers", Rurik still ordered the torsion slingshot to continue suppressing fire.
For the defenders of Edinburgh and everyone in the city, they are trembling! Men and women, a large number of people fled to the most important stone building in the city, fled into the Abbey of Our Lady of Edinburgh, and stood with the bishop who had just escaped in and his head was buzzing. They kept making the sign of the cross, praying for the Lord to appear and for divine punishment to force the barbarians to flee.
But the last wooden door was still smashed to pieces by Viking warriors.
Nearly a hundred Northumbrian warriors gathered behind the city gate. They were personally led by the Earl of Edinburgh, who had a sore neck and was determined to fight to the end, holding the flag of the King of Northumbria. , decided to live or die with Edinburgh.
Perhaps, the count just did not want to become a prisoner of the barbarians, thereby subjecting his soul to the most tragic desecration.
He is even more aware of the seriousness of the situation. If York learns that Edinburgh has suffered a huge disaster, it will be equivalent to announcing to the king, and even to the whole of England, that the northern defense line of Northumbria has collapsed!
The defenders were armed with spears and swords, and all of them were hunched over. Their skinny bodies, which generally lacked nutrition, could not bring them enough self-confidence. There are only a few warriors wearing mail who have some confidence to block the enemy at the city gate.
How can these people block the Vikings' impact?
Completely relying on the huge advantage of military strength, personal strong breakthrough and bravery, after breaking through, the Viking sword and shield players formed a very tacit understanding of the classic and traditional shield wall tactics that are simply engraved in the soul. The round shields were stacked on top of each other, really imposing like a wall.
The shield wall barely blocked the spear thrusts of the defenders. Some Balmok Viking warriors were stabbed to death, and then a close-range fight suddenly began.
The swords and axes were quickly stained with blood. The long-handled axes held by the Viking warriors in the back row fell from the sky and kept beating them, and the spearheads also penetrated through the gaps in the fight.
Once upon a time, Edinburgh's army detained outsiders who attacked the locals, and even tried to convert some of them with potential to convert. But over the past few years, those so-called converts were still executed for the murders they had committed. However, due to some information, the Earl of Edinburgh learned that the foreign fishermen came from an island in the north.
Due to lack of contact, the people of Edinburgh believed that they were another tribe related to the Picts. In short, they were all savage and untamed people.
Until loveWhen the Earl of Dimburg himself was in prison, he still did not know who these fierce and powerful enemies were. He has lost the opportunity to understand, because he is already dying!
Even though he was wearing armor and mail, it was in vain under the rapid thrusts of the chromium steel spearheads purchased from the Rus by the Balmoks.
How does the Viking army determine the important targets among the enemy in the chaos? The battle has become one side crushing the other side. The red-eyed Vikings just want to annihilate the enemy's armed resisters, and then hurry up Time to loot!
The Earl of Edinburgh, any commoner who sees him must bow. He is the most important military governor in northern Northumbria, a local powerful figure, and an important nobleman in the kingdom. Unfortunately, he died like the lowest-ranking warrior. The so-called armor could not block the enemy's stabs. He was hit by seven or eight spears and died on the spot. He lay on the black ground, and his body was trampled by the people who were fighting in a mess. Perhaps, only the bent iron sword with a silver-plated handle beside him and the orange royal flag trampled into mud could immediately prove the noble status of the corpse next to him.
The morale of the defenders was on the verge of collapse long before the fierce battle began. The momentum was forcibly gathered by the count himself. Now that the king's flag has fallen, morale has completely collapsed.
Edinburgh has been breached!
Some of the frightened defenders were pushed by the more frightened people, some small doors were opened, and the drawbridge was lowered. As a result, this coquettish operation was immediately discovered by the Viking army who was waiting for help.
Edinburgh is riddled with holes, Balmerks and Shetlanders, they are simply here to participate in a bloodthirsty plundering orgy. They ran wildly, swinging their swords and axes at anyone they met in the city.
This was truly a horrific afternoon, the horror of which is beyond description.
Biyongni looked crazy, and even his brother Floki was covered in other people's blood. The two brothers participated in the final fight with the defenders. After the army completely annihilated the handful of defenders, they immediately began to look for a new main attack target.
Because the Biyongni brothers are the sons of tribal leaders, and they are different from other family leaders! At least the pattern is higher.
Those small families have begun to search everywhere for anything useful, especially gold and silver.
Of course, there are women...
The whole city is in chaos, and some people have even started setting fires deliberately.
But Rurik did not want to get involved. He restrained his most elite men and guarded the crossbows and torsion slingshots all night while the city was in chaos.
Jevro was very puzzled for a time: "Sir, aren't we going to plunder? Should we give them all the opportunities to make a fortune?"
"It doesn't matter. I am Ross. Duke, I am not a gangster who is focused on small interests. I am not a despicable gangster!”
In fact, Rurik doesn’t want to.Go into the city and "appreciate" the human tragedy caused by the Balmok people. Although he already has a strong resistance, if something does happen, it is better to watch it less. After all, Rurik himself took no pleasure in such acts of violence, and only felt a lingering displeasure after witnessing them.
Biyongni is just the opposite! He led more than a hundred brothers covered in blood and headed straight for the largest stone house.
There is a cross on the roof. Although Biyongni doesn't know what it means, considering the uniqueness of this house, he believes that there must be treasure inside.
Poor those who pray, they keep praying to numb their hearts that are tending to collapse.
They prayed for angels to come and drive away the raging demons.
Now, the devilish Vikings break in. People began to scream crazily, trying to find a chance to escape. They looked at the savages covered in blood. What are these if they are not devils from hell?
All escapes are in vain, the devils reveal their deadly axes to harvest lives...
Biyongni leads his men to kill everywhere, and both men and women become victors. Kyoto's sword killed many people, until even the bishop himself had his head chopped off with a sword.
What was supposed to be a serious and pure monastery has now turned into a hell.
It was only then that Biyongni led the team to search for the treasure, and indeed they found a lot!
Sacred vessels made of gold, including valuable jewelry from the deceased, were all looted. Once upon a time, gold artifacts were extremely rare among the Balmok tribe. Biyongni simply obtained two large cups made of pure gold. In fact, this is a gold vessel that holds holy water. Together with two crosses made of gold and silver, it is the most important sacred vessel in this monastery.
What shocked Biyongni even more was that the stairs leading underground in the monastery were connected to the Edinburgh Treasury! When the wooden door was violently smashed open, two boxes of silver coins were moved out.
As for Biyongni’s good friend Geiger, this boy led more than a hundred soldiers composed of farmers and fishermen from Washobi, and roared directly into the Earl of Edinburgh’s mansion.
They did not hesitate to kill the earl's heirs and wives, snatched away the treasures in his family, insulted the maid and then tied her with ropes. Their idea is extremely simple, that is, to capture young women and bring them back to their hometown of Washebi, so that they can become slaves under the orders of the "Resident Alliance" and even become everyone's wives and concubines. This is really because the people of Washebi need foreign women too much.
This is the major difference in the philosophies between Geiger and Bjornni's group. Brothers Geiger and Esbjorn, when they realized that the dozen or so women who were being bullied by their subordinates, His identity must be that of a local "big man"'s slave. Since he is a slave, it is perfect for me to use him.
In a sense, Geiger and the others are the last bit of humanity in this terrifying city. If that's even human nature.
As for Rurik?He still stayed outside the city, waiting for the army in the city to complete the most complete occupation, and then went into the city to find out.
Obtaining prisoners and collecting gold and silver were not particularly important to Rurik. There was only one thing that mattered to him, and that was Edinburgh's granary.
He did not expect that those Shetlanders, led by Huo De, who had been here because they were captured, rushed straight to the Edinburgh granary based on their memories. Gold and silver are good, but can food and cloth be good? Shetlanders are more interested in eating wheat. While others were killing him in a daze, dragging the captured women by their hair and committing violence, the Shetland fishermen were already using the burlap sacks they had found, crazily stuffing fresh wheat into them.
In terms of searching for new wheat, the Bergen immigrants in Shetland really coincided with Rurik.